Hong kong is a superstitious place where people regularly put out offerings of food and other gifts for dead relatives .
香港是一个迷信的地方,人们会定期备下食物和其他礼物祭拜死去的亲人。
We humans are a superstitious lot , believing that friday the 13th is bad luck and finding a penny is good luck .
我们人类是非常迷信的生物,相信13号的星期五代表厄运,而捡到一分钱则代表将有好运。
You could , for instance , acknowledge the superstitious shiver and get on with having 13 people at your dinner party regardless .
例如,你可以一面承认迷信的想法令你感到恐惧,一面不管不顾地依然邀请13个人参加自己的晚宴。
Consider coal with a superstitious eye , and foul air might seem a curse suffered for disinterring preancient life .
如果用一双迷信的眼睛去看待煤炭,燃烧时出现的黑烟似乎就是对挖掘前世生活的一种诅咒。
Too often-as in europe , where superstitious distrust of genetic modification is slowing take-up of the technology-governments hinder rather than help such advances .
在对于基因修饰技术缓慢成型采取不信任迷信的欧洲,政府通常是阻碍而不是帮助这样有利条件的施行。
Li na is not a superstitious person , but she would like to replicate the success she had in melbourne 12 months ago .
尽管李娜不是一位迷信的球员,但她却非常想复制十二月前在墨尔本的成功。
Even pigeons can develop superstitious habits , as psychologist b. f. skinner famously showed in an experiment .
Contrary to the common assumption that superstitious beliefs represent a childish mode of sloppy and undeveloped thinking , therefore , the ability to be superstitious actually demands some mental sophistication .
In myanmar , superstitious generals and civilians alike will have seen the cyclone as a sign of divine impatience hinting at the looming downfall of a tyrannical government .
在缅甸,迷信的军政府领导人及平民都会认为,这次自然风暴暗示了残暴政府的大厦将倾。
Although this family treasure is very dear to prince william 's heart -- it was his mother 's engagement ring -- the superstitious may think that 28-year-old kate should never have accepted it .